Chief Justice John Roberts has temporarily halted a lower-court order directing the federal government to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador, escalating what is quickly becoming one of the most closely watched emergency immigration disputes on the Court’s shadow docket.
The case arises from the government’s acknowledgment that Abrego Garcia was deported because of an “administrative error,” despite a…
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Despite what seems to be an accepted truism, AI hallucinations aren’t necessarily completely random. That’s the key insight from a new physics-based analysis by a group of scientists and engineers and it may change how we should be using GenAI tools.The key finding: GenAI systems have a deterministic mechanism that causes output to flip from reliable to fabricated at a…
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What 100+ conversations with legal leaders revealed about why AI deployments stall—and how to diagnose which barriers are blocking your team.
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This article will share what judges and class counsel today need to know about what data science has made possible—and the impacts when it isn’t properly leveraged.
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Five companies operating over 280 data centers nationwide and globally are in hot water over claims they infringed upon a company’s patented cool technology in their facilities.
Continue Reading Patent Disputes Over Data Centers' Cooling Tech Heating Up in Chicago Fed. Court, Data Shows
Apple Inc. has filed a new inter partes review petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, opening IPR2026-00332 on April 3, 2026. At this stage, the public docket identifies Apple as the petitioner, but practitioners should note that early PTAB dockets often reveal only limited information until the petition, exhibits, and mandatory notices are fully available.
Based on the…
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A federal appeals court has handed a significant win to UpCodes, a legal tech startup that publishes building codes and technical standards online, ruling that its posting of copyrighted standards likely constitutes fair use — at least for now.
In a decision issued April 7, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s denial of a…
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Managing by walking around used to be standard practice. But with remote work, Zoom, and billable hour pressure, the concept lost some of its luster .But with AI we may need it more than ever. When we rely only on LLMs to make decisions and summarize work, we lose something critical: the senior lawyer who stops by, asks questions, catches…
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Litigation tied to the Trump administration remains one of the most consequential forces in federal courts, even when no single case captures the entire story. Across disputes involving executive authority, agency data access, immigration enforcement, and the boundaries between government power and the legal profession, courts are continuing to issue rulings that will shape public-law litigation for years.
One recent…
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In the Orange Rag newsletter out at the end of March, we featured our monthly product news table, incorporating the launches and updates of the past few weeks.
A key theme that we see time and time again in new product launches at the moment is the continued “platformisation” of legal tech. Providers such as DISCO, Consilio and Epiq are…
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An update on the legal tech market’s past week, from product launches to new partnerships.
Continue Reading Legaltech Rundown: Littler Mendelson Appoints Chief AI Officer, Parambil Unveils Enhanced Platform Technology, and More
From : Blog Entry >> Ceyda’s Blog EntryYou might be wondering, “why roundabouts?” Because I used to hate them. Truly. The hesitation, the second-guessing, the person who just stops in the middle for no apparent reason… it drove me crazy. And now? I actually enjoy them. Once you get used to them, they are not stressful at all. They…
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Promotion recognizes first-year impact and Litera’s commitment to operational excellence and scalable growth
CHICAGO – Apr. 9, 2026 – Litera, a leading legal AI platform provider that unifies the practice and business of law, announced the promotion of Priyanka Singh to Executive Vice President, Operations & Chief Financial Officer. Since joining Litera one year ago as CFO, Priyanka…
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“It has the potential to perpetuate the very best in us and the very worst of us,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor said of artificial intelligence during a law school appearance Thursday. “For every student … do not graduate this institution without learning how to master AI as a tool.”
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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a closely watched dispute over whether state and local governments can continue pursuing climate-change tort claims against oil and gas companies in state court. The case arises out of Colorado litigation brought by local governments seeking to recover damages tied to alleged climate impacts, including costs associated with extreme weather, wildfire risk,…
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